Law enforcement officers fired for making racist/controversial social media posts since George Floyd was killed, a thread:
Long Beach, California - June 5: officer posted a graphic photo of a baton and bloody sidewalk
losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/06/05/lon…
losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/06/05/lon…
Canton, Ohio - June 3: officer posted picture of himself in police gear with lyrics to 50 Cent song, “And n----- trying to take my life away, I put a hole in a n---- for f------ with me.”
cleveland.com/crime/2020/06/…
cleveland.com/crime/2020/06/…
Fulton, New York - June 1: officer posted, "Black lives only matter to black people unless they are killed by a white person.”
localsyr.com/news/local-new…
localsyr.com/news/local-new…
Greenbrier, Tennessee - May 28: officer posted, "If he was begging...HE WAS F---ING BREATHING STUPID F---S!!!!!!!!!....same old bulls--- over and over and over..."
tennessean.com/story/news/loc…
tennessean.com/story/news/loc…
Mount Eaton, Ohio - May 29: officer posted, "Oh no... Whitey killed a black man. Nobody has a clue what lead up to this. Everyone has their MEDIA FORCED OPINION. Clearly this black man had the covid and that officer was preventing the spread.”
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Ohio - June 5: A member of the Ohio National Guard is suspended and faces an FBI investigation for expressing "white supremacist ideology" online before being deployed to Washington, D.C.
radio.wosu.org/post/fbi-inves…
radio.wosu.org/post/fbi-inves…
If there are others I've missed, throw links my way and I'll add them to the thread.
Church Point, Louisiana - June 5: Officer shares Facebook cartoon photo of a black man which included a racial slur and a reference to a stimulus check.
katc.com/news/local-new…
katc.com/news/local-new…
Lubbock, Texas - June 2: Officer placed on leave after calling local residents "trash" and "rabble"
(My original tweet starting the thread references officers who are fired, but I'll be also including those who resign + are being investigated.)
kcbd.com/2020/06/02/wat…
(My original tweet starting the thread references officers who are fired, but I'll be also including those who resign + are being investigated.)
kcbd.com/2020/06/02/wat…
Bellevue, Washington - June 4: Officer placed on leave after sharing conspiracy theories that those arrested for George Floyd's death were not actually involved; also posted a selfie with a Q Anon caption.
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bellevuereporter.com/news/bellevue-…
Ozark, Missouri - June 2: Officer placed on leave for a social media post. None of the news reporters I've seen specify what the post(s) were about.
news-leader.com/story/news/loc…
news-leader.com/story/news/loc…
Massachusetts - June 3: Mass. National Guard soldier posts, "you're all stupid I can't wait to shoot you tomorrow night."
boston.cbslocal.com/2020/06/03/nat…
boston.cbslocal.com/2020/06/03/nat…
Chicopee, Massachusetts - June 3: Department's public information officer is let go after a post equating Colin Kaepernick taking a knee w/Minneapolis officers involved with death of George Floyd.
boston.cbslocal.com/2020/06/03/nat…
boston.cbslocal.com/2020/06/03/nat…
Salem, Massachusetts - June 3: Police captain placed on leave after using the department's social media account to criticize Boston mayor + Massachusetts governor for allowing protests boston.cbslocal.com/2020/06/03/nat…
Louisville, Kentucky - June 2: An officer involved in the shooting death of restaurant owner David McAtee had posted, "I hope the pepper balls that she got lit up with a little later on hurt."
whas11.com/article/news/l…
whas11.com/article/news/l…
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - June 5: A police recruit is fired after tweeting, retweeting and liking "racist and inappropriate" posts on Twitter.
pennlive.com/news/2020/06/h…
pennlive.com/news/2020/06/h…
Olympia, Washington - June 6: An officer is under investigation for appearing in a social media photo with armed men in front of a Baskin Robbins.
theolympian.com/news/local/art…
theolympian.com/news/local/art…
Tallapoosa, Georgia - June 4: An officer is "suspended, facing termination" for controversial Facebook post. The account has since been deleted, so I haven't seen what the post was about.
ajc.com/news/crime--la…
ajc.com/news/crime--la…
Delaware County, Pennsylvania - June 7: The public is calling for the investigation/removal of police sgt. who posted about those speaking out against law enforcement: "Try us. We'll destroy you."
delcotimes.com/news/protester…
delcotimes.com/news/protester…
Ashtabula, Ohio - June 5: Officer posts about George Floyd, "If you can scream you can breathe."
starbeacon.com/news/local_new…
starbeacon.com/news/local_new…
